The corporate history of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation

June 30, 2014

The entities formally known as News Corporation provide some of the most blatant and fascinating examples of corporate history affecting news operations.

Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch has effectively controlled News Corporation since founding the global media holding in 1979. Photo by David Shankbone/CC BY.

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‘The Australian’ admits to plagiarism

October 20, 2013

The Australian, the country’s only nationwide newspaper, has admitted to rewriting stories from The Age, a rival paper based in Victoria.

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